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Impact of Manpower Training and Development of Workers' Productivity in a Manufacturing Company

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PROJECT PROPOSAL
TOPIC: IMPACT OF TRAINING AND MANPOWER DEVELOPMENT IN A MANUFACTURING COMPANY (STUDY OF CADBURY NIGERIA PLC)
1 INTRODUCTION The management of organization in a globalised economy is posing a serious challenge to the leadership skills, capability and competency of managers at the top echelon of the firms. The manufacturing companies have a more complex task as the workforce is grouped into skilled and unskilled personnel who must be organized in sophisticated and integrated pattern to strike a balance of motivated and committed personnel.
Human resources being the most dynamic of all the organization’s resources need considerable attention from the organization’s management, if it has to realize its full potentials at …show more content…

The management is interested in reduction of cost of production in order to maximize profit which can be achieved through effective material management. Training and development improve employees’ performance as they impact new techniques of doing the job better. Customers also benefit from training and development because it leads to improvement in product quality and efficient service delivery. The overall performance of the organization hinges on the ability of staffers to respond to customers and other stakeholders demand both in terms of prompt delivery of goods, payment for material supplied and effective management of time.

7 SCOPE OF THE STUDY This research work focuses on examining the role of training and manpower development in improving workers’ skills, material management and decisional ability, improving product quality and workers productivity. These areas of production system determine the effectiveness of training and development as well as justify the colossal sum of money expended on training and manpower development.
8 LIMITATIONS OF THE STUDY

9 BRIEF HISTORY OF CADBURY NIGERIA PLC
Cadbury Nigeria Plc manufactures and sells a wide range of fast moving consumer goods for both local and foreign markets. The company was formally incorporated in January 1965 even though a trading post enterprise had been in operation in various forms since 1919.
Cadbury runs one of the most extensive distribution networks

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